Court sets free Gulf Governor Havila Kavo

A three men Supreme Court bench has quashed the conviction of Gulf Governor Havila Kavo.

The decision was made this afternoon.

Mr Kavo, now a free man thanked the high court for the decision describing it as a win for the people of Gulf.

Kavo had appealed his one and half year jail sentence after he was found guilty by the National Court for misappropriating K133,000 last year.

The money was part of a K10 million given by the National Government for developments in Kikori district and parked in trust account.

The high court ruled, trial judge Sir Gibbs Salika erred in fact and law when determining the case on its merit when he sentenced the Gulf leader to jail.

Kavo's bail money has been ordered to be refunded and his now a free man.

This is a second of such decision by the same judge overturned by a three-men bench on appeal.

The first is that of Komo Magarima M-P Francis Potape.